Rajinimurugan is the soundtrack album composed by D. Imman for the 2015 Tamil film of the same name directed by Ponram, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Keerthy Suresh and Soori. The film marked Imman's third collaboration with Sivakarthikeyan and second collaboration with Ponram. The album featured ten tracks in entirety, including a remix and karaoke versions of the songs, with lyrics written by Yugabharathi. The song "Yennamma Ippadi Panreengalema" was released as a single on 25 May 2015, and the album in its entirety was released on 10 June 2015 by Sony Music. The album received positive response and topped the charts.[1]
On 20 March 2015, the film's production company hinted about the release strategies of the film,[19] with the audio of the film was scheduled to be launched on 30 May 2015.[20][21] But the release of the music album was later postponed to 5 June,[22] and eventually the makers finalised that the audio will be launched on 10 June 2015.[23] The promotions for the soundtrack began on 6 June 2015, four days ahead of the music launch.[24] Initially, Madurai was considered as the venue for the event,[25] but the audio launch was held at the Taj Coromandel hotel on 10 June with a live telecast being held on Thanthi TV;[26][27] the event was hosted by Anjana Rangan,[28] with the presence of cast and crew and other celebrities.[29] The film's teaser was released on the launch event.[30] The songs were released on the same day midnight.[31][32]
The audio album opened to positive response and eventually topped the charts online.[17] Nandita Ravi from The Times of India, reviewed the album as "it is sure to have more than one track feature as a chart topper."[38] A critic from Behindwoods rated the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying "Another mainstream treat from the VVS trio (Sivakarthikeyan, Imman and Ponram)".[39] Indiaglitz rated the album 3 out of 5 and summarised that "Imman brings back the magic from VVS days" and further added that "the songs will be interesting to see the songs with the visuals if retains the treat".[40] Ramesh S. Kannan of Moviecrow rated the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, saying "Rajini Murugan's soundtrack is average" and "far behind the enjoyable Ponram-Imman's work in VVS".[41]
Siddharth K. of Sify rated the album 3 out of 5, saying that the songs "Un Mela Oru Kannu" and "Aavi Parakkum" work for their uncomplicated approach and "Yennamma Ippadi Panreengalema" as a "mass favourite number". He then concluded, "an album where the emphasis of the album has been given to funny lyrics and simplistic tunes".[42] Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog stated that "Imman's formula is less effective".[6]
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